"Artificial Intelligence AI adoption is rapidly growing, and some of the biggest conversations this year have been on how it will shake up the workplace and reimagine economies. In October, the Reuters Institute carried out a survey in six countries and found that the proportion of respondents who said they used a generative AI system such as ChatGPT jumped from 40 percent to 61 percent this year. As governments try to regulate the fast-growing"
"technology, fears of job losses and echoes of a dotcom-style bust have also resounded with big AI players such as Nvidia, Google, Meta and OpenAI making monumental circular deals this year. According to UBS projections, global annual AI spending is expected to swell to $375bn by the end of the year before topping $3 trillion annually by 2030 - this includes spending on AI infrastructure, as well as power and resources for electricity demand."
Top-trending terms of 2025 spanned politics, conflict, technology and climate, forming a patchwork of issues likely to continue into 2026. The year featured rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, with generative AI users rising from 40 percent to 61 percent in a six-country Reuters Institute survey. Governments pursued regulation as concerns mounted about job losses and potential market disruptions, while major firms such as Nvidia, Google, Meta and OpenAI completed significant deals. UBS projected global AI spending to reach $375bn by year-end and to exceed $3 trillion annually by 2030. Bitcoin surged amid institutional inflows, crypto ETF maturation and political support.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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